A Milwaukee judge who wasĀ arrestedĀ for allegedly shielding an undocumented immigrant from ICE arrest has argued that she canāt be prosecuted based on the same case that granted President Donald Trump broad immunity for āofficialā acts.
The FBI arrested Hannah Dugan last month after she allegedly told agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that they needed a warrant to arrest an undocumented immigrant who hadĀ appeared in her courtroomĀ on a misdemeanor charge.
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The motion argued that the problems with the prosecution were ālegion,ā including the fact that they allegedly violated the U.S. Constitutionās fundamental principle of federalism. But āmost immediately, the government cannot prosecute Judge Dugan because she is entitled to judicial immunity for her official acts,ā it said.
As evidence, the motion cited the 2024 Supreme Court caseĀ Trump v. United StatesĀ in which the court ruled the president had absolute immunity for āofficial acts.ā
Iāll show you the line that was crossed.
The Rule of Law is supposed to lift law above politics. The idea is that the law should stand above every powerful person and agency in the land.
Rule by law, in contrast, connotes the instrumental use of law as a tool of political power. It means that the state uses law to control its citizens but tries never to allow law to be used to control the state.
Rule of Law: law is above politics.
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Rule by Law: control the individual.
Right there!
Let me show you the predicate that failed.
As a completely unfounded opinion on the role of ethics, this blatantly beggars the question.